Roll holder for gummed-tape serving machines



Dec. 4, 1928.

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ROLL HOLDER FOR GUMMED TAPE SERVING MACHINES 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR.

l/Jzz n I ATTORNEY Filed NOV. 25, 1927 Dec. 4, I928. 1,693,877

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ROLL HOLDER FOR GUMMED TAPE SERVING MACHINES Filed Nov. 25, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 4, 1928;

. UNITED S AT- 1,693,877 PATENT orF c 7 LLIAM a Urrz, sa, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, To rnnrnorron PACKAGE SEALER COMPANY, mo, or DALLAS, TEXAS, ACQRPORATION OFTEXAS.

ROLL HOLDER. 'roa GUMMED-TAPE snnvrue MACHYIINES.

Application filed-November 25, 1927. Serial N0; 235,672;

This invention relates to gummed tape dis pensing machines and has special reference to an adjustable roll holder for gummcd tape machines.

It is a well understood fact that gummed tape comesin various widths and machines have been devised for d spensing suchtape wherein a. roll ofthe tape. is supported on a shaft or axle which iscarried in turn by a pair of spaced standards, there being one standard on each side of the roll. Various methods have been devised to secure such standards in adjusted relation sothat they.

would be properly spaced for the particular width of gummed tape that was'being dispensed. Most of these methods involve the idea of,'by some means, bolting the footof the standards onto the body or supporting plate of the machine. ,Sucharrangements make it very inconvenient to change the sizes of rolls or to replace exhausted rolls by new ones. a

One important object of the present invention is toprovide a novel and improved arrangement of roll support for such machines wherein the standards are secured to the sup.- porting plate or body of the machine in a simple manner without bolting them down to the plate and yet so that they will be securely positioned in the desired adjustment. I v

A second important object of the, invenf, tion is to-iprovide an improved construction of roll-holder whereinthe shaft or bolt that supports the roll will also function to pre vent displacement of the standards from their adjusted position; t V

A third important object of the invention is to providean improved arrangement of base and standards so constructed that with the roll supported between the standardsthe tendency of the roll, after alength ofthe paper or'tape has been drawntherefrom, is to roll up on the drawn olf portion adjacent the body of the roll. 1 v With the above and other objects in View as will be hereinafter apparent-the invention consists in general. of certain novelvdetails of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed. I a

In the accompanying drawingslikecharacters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1, is a side elevationof a portion of a gummed tapedispensing machine showing the improved arrangement of roll holder.

Figure 2 is a section Figure 1.

Figure 3'is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure2. I r 4 F gure 41 1s a section similar to Figure 3 011 theline 2520f showing amodified formof securing means.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the stand ards in themodified form with aportion of i the supporting plate in section.

Figure 5 showing a second modification.

I Figure 7 s a large'detail section showing the locking of a standard to thesupporting plate.

7 "1n the present embodiment of the inven tion there is shown a portion 10 of a gummed tape dispensing machine suchasis illustrated 1n general in my, prior Patent Number 1 ,592331, issued July 18, 1926, Reissue Num-v Figure 6 is a front elevationsimilartov her 16,774,.dated October 18, 1927; Thetop plate 11 of this machine forms the supporting plate for a pair of standards 12, the vertical parts of which are stilfenedby lateral flanges 13.

Extending laterally and out- .Wardly. from the bottomot' each ofqthese standards ,is a foot 14 which terminates in a downwardly extending pair of toes 15', these toes being arranged at the corners of the feet.

The plate 11 .on each side ofthe center line of the machine is, provided with a pair-of.

series of laterallyspaccd slots 16 and-the toes 15 extend through these slots when the stan dards are in adjusted position, the feet '14 restin on top of the platen. Extending laterallyfrom thelower end of each toe is a terminal portion 17 which engages against.

the underside of the plate 11 as canbe clearly seen in FigureQ. v i i Each of the standards is provided with a I vertical'slot 18 and through these slots passes the supporting; bolt or shaft 19 which has a head 20 on one end and carries a butterfly nut 21 on the other end. By this means the paper roll. R; shown in dotted lines, is. supported and it is tobo noted that this roll is supported looselyon the shaft 19, the opening in the roll being sufficient to permit some movement, so

. that the roll takes somewhat the position shown in Figure 8. This shaft 19 thus not only holds the roll but also keeps the upper ends of the standards 12 from spreading vertically as shown in Figurefl- :it will be ob* vious that they will be ment laterally ,of the locked againstmovelate 11 and be held from disengagement since the only way-a r there y hold them nonna-l'ly' against removal from said slots.

Standard can be disengaged is'to swing it outwardly from center-line of the machine.

In the form shown in Figures 4 and 5 an additional bolt and nnt :22 is illustratedas holding the standards together adjacent the bottom; With this arrangement, if desired,

the nut 21 maybe ieft loosewithout danger of the standards becoming displaced. in Fig ure 6 'a fur'ther modification is sl'iown where in, in additionto the bolt 19, a spring'23 of the tension- Spring type has its 'ends secured ill to prongs 24 projecting inwardly from the lower parts of the standards, the spring turgingthe upper parts-oi -thestandards tmvard 'eachother just as de the bolts 19 and'22 when screwed up. Obviously, when itisdesir'ed to remove the standards the spnirrg may be un-- hooked fromone of theprongs 24 if neces- I t'has been 'foundthat when paper is'draWn oil from a rollsuch as this thereisia tendency for a certain amount of slack or buck'ling 1 oi the paper' between the delivery end ofithc machine and -the roll. lloovereomethis. tend eney' I preier to provide between thestandards Ma struck up portionof theplate 11,0ne

part of which forms a forwardly extending and downwardly"inclined rest .125 on which shewn in Figure 3 hutwhenthe drawing off the bettomef the roll :Rseats itself when placed between the-standards, Under these circumstances as :the paper is drawn off the roll revolves in the :dinection of the arrow motion-stops itis iound that the rollhas slightly climbed the incline crime will roll dOWn tha't incline and tighten Yup the loose p p pe y a it *Obviouslv, theslots in the standard permit the supporting shaft or axle todrop down as the paper-is used oil the roll so that the roll mav rest on the. plune25 or *rod22 as it diminishes insize.

I There-*hasthusjbeenprovided a sinipleand el'licient device of the'kin'd described and tor thepnrposespecified. Y i v I It is obvious that minor changesinay be made in the -form and construction of the in ventien without de arting from the material spirit thereof. lit/is not, thereforeydesired to confine the invention to the exact form hereinshown and described, l)ut it is desired i to include all such as properlvcorne within the scope claimed.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new,'is

1. In a gumrned tapedispensing machine, a

supporting plate having a" series of slots spacedlaterally fro'ineach other on opposite SldIQS of the-center line of said plate; a pair of roll supportingestandards each having a r standards ment of the standards from each other, and

provided with an outwardly foot provided with a toe passing, through a a 7 selected slotin ELTGSPQCLiYE series and provided with a terminal portion engaging beneath saidplate, and means to draw the upper arts of said standards together and spaced laterally from each other on opposite sidesoif the center line of said ndate, a ipair of roll supporting standards I each having a foot provided with a toe passing through a selected slot in a respective series aml ipnovided with a terminal ntien engaging shea selected slot in a respeoti veiseries wndprovidedwith aftenninal @oitio'n engagingzbc neath said filate, a bolt *passingtthrodgh the a 'ove said feet-and linritingimowea tension spring hetweensaid standards rung ing them toward each other. e i

4'. "In a gunnned tape dispensing machine,

a supporting plate having at each side ot its center-"line a series of slots :l'aterallgy of the plate, a pairof roll an ortingstand ardsextending 11p firomthe p ate and each restin on the plate atoe "onthe ioot of each s andard extending through iarselected slot of a respectiveseries, a lateral projection extending; outwardly from the flowerend of eac'htoeand engaging'againstthe lower time of said plate, and means to drww the u parts of said standards toward each oter and thereb hold them normally against disengagement from said slots. l I

2. In a gummed tape dispensing machine, asupponting plate having a series of slots extending toot r 5. In a gummed tape dispensing machine, i

a supporting :plate :having ateach side or its center :Iine a series of slots spaced laterally of the plate, a'pair of roll supporting ;standards'extending up lrom-ithe iplate and each provided with an outwardly resting on the plate, n 061011 the foot of each standard extending through a selected slot a respective'seriesna ilateral projection extending outwardly from the -lower end of each toe and engaginglagainst' the lower time of said: late, and "a bolt-passing through the 'stan cards above said feet and limiting movement of the standards iromieach other;

6. In a gummedtape dispensing machine, a supporting plate having at each side of its "center line a series of slots, :spaeed' T'laterally of the plate, apair of roll-supporting standards extending up from the plate and each extending :foot

provided with an outwardly extending foot standards above said feet and'limitingmove-r resting on the plate, a toe on the foot of each 'ment of the standards from each other, and standard extending through a selected slot a tension spring between said standards urgof a respective series, a lateral projection eX- ing them toward each other. 7 tending outwardly from the lower end of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. each toe and engaging against the lower face of said plate, a bolt passing through the Y WILLIAM A. UTTZ, SR. 

